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V 6 ^Commentary
Chapter Wall ; fo that the middle Story was one Cubit
XLI. larger, and the uppermoft Story two Cubits larv-x^V^vw
g Cr t iian th e iOW cr Rooms. And winding Stairs
which enlarged as the Rooms did, went up between
each two Chambers from the Bottom to
the Top s and there were two Doors at the Top
of each Pair of Stairs, one Door opening into one
Room, the other into that overagainft it. See i
Kings vi. 8. The Talmudifts add, that thefe Winding
Stairs were continued from one Side of the
Temple to the other, beginning at the North Eaft
Side, and by thefe they went into the upper Room
which was over the Sanctuary. See Cod. Middoth.
Cap. 4 SeEl. $.
Ver. 8. Ver. S. Ifawalfo the Height oft he Houfe round
about.'], By the Houie is meant thefe Chambers
three Stories high $ in which Senfe the Word Beth,
Houfe, is ufed ver. 9.
Ibid. The Foundations ofthe Side Chambers were
a full Reed offix great CubitsC\ By the Founda-
tions oftheSideChambers, Villalpandus u nderftands
thofe Refts or Buttrefles which fupported them,
which were at fix Cubits Diftance from each other.
Bernard L'Amy fuppofes this Verfe to contain a
Defcription ofthe fecond Story of thefe Side Chambers,
which were fix Cubits broad, being one Cubit
wider than the lower Rooms j fee the Note
on ver. 7. Concerning the Size of thefe Cubits, fee
the Note upon Chap. XL. 5 . They are called^r^f
Cubits•, becaufe they are larger than the Cubit ufed
in Chaldea, as was there obferved.
Ver. 9. Ver. 9 The Thicknefs ofthe Wall that wasfor
the Side Chamler without, was jive Cubits,,] This
is to be underftood, not of the Vail of the Tem-
ple,